The State of the European Union

Volume 7: With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective

Edited by Nicolas Jabko and Craig Parsons

New volume in the highly influential State of the European Union series, produced under the auspices of the European Union Studies Association

Major new analysis of the future of the EU, mapping European trends against American policies and institutions

Key consideration of the two pillars of postwar Europe - transatlantic partnership and European integration - as they each enter new phases

The State of the European Union

Volume 7: With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective

Edited by Nicolas Jabko and Craig Parsons

Description

This is the seventh volume in the highly influential State of the European Union series, produced under the auspices of the European Union Studies Association. This volume provides major new insights on both the recent evolution of the EU and its future developmental trajectory, and maps European trends against American policies and institutions.

The State of the European Union

Volume 7: With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective

Edited by Nicolas Jabko and Craig Parsons

Table of Contents

1. Why Another Book on Europe--and Why in Reference to the United States?, Nicolas Jabko and Craig ParsonsSection 1: External Foreign, Security, and Economic Policies 2. A European Union with Teeth?, Jolyon Howorth3. Continental Divide? The Transience of Transatlantic Troubles, Brian Rathbun4. United against the United States? The EU's Role in Global Trade and Finance, C. Randall Henning and Sophie MeunierSection 2: Institutional Evolutions 5. 'We the States': Why the Anti-Federalists Won, Renaud Dehousse6. Parliamentary Government or Division of Powers: Is the Destination Still Unknown?, Michael Shackleton7. Is the Council Becoming an Upper House?, Jeffrey Lewis8. The Politics of Eurocracy: Building a New European
State?, R. Daniel KelemenSection 3: Europe's Political Economy 9. Stock Exchange Competition and the Nasdaq Bargain in Europe, Elliot Posner10. Financial Restructuring in the Age of the Euro: Still a Battle of Systems?, Jonathan Story11. Toward a European Social Policy--at Last?, Bruno Palier and Philippe Pochet12. EU Interest Representation or US-Style Lobbying?, Justin Greenwood and Alasdair R. YoungSection 4: Culture, Identity, and EU Decision-Making 13. Transatlantic Risk Perceptions, Public Health, and Environmental Concerns: Coming Together or Drifting Apart?, Paulette Kurzer14. Drawing the EU's Borders: Immigration Policy, Virginie Guiraudon15. The Dynamics of EU Enlargement in American Perspective, John A. ScherpereelSection 5: The Shape of the EU Polity 16. Rights in the European Union: Convergent with the US?, Martin Shapiro17. What Lies Beyond a Confederal Europe?, Chris Ansell and Rebecca Chen18. The EU 'Polity' and the Europeanization of National Polities, Vivien A. Schmidt19. The European Union through an American Prism, Rogan Kersh and James Morone

The State of the European Union

Volume 7: With US or Against US? European Trends in American Perspective

Edited by Nicolas Jabko and Craig Parsons

Reviews and Awards

Here we find 19 essays written by 25 scholars who examine the different aspects of the EU: its external policies, its institutions, its political economy, its culture and identity, and the effects of its activities on relations between Europe and the United States. The comparisons with the United States are thought provoking and point out not only the sharpened policy and cultural differences of the past few years but also how far the EU remains from being "a true European Nation." This fine volume is like an MRI of a currently sleeping patient. --Foreign Affairs